Romania Signs Agreement on Combatting Illicit Drugs Traffic By Sea |
On March 19, 1998, the Romanian Government signed the European Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea. This Council of Europe Convention helps implement, within Europe, the provisions of Article 17 of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Romania |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
Swiss Banks and Jewish Representatives Agree on Restitution Fund |
On March 26, 1998, the three major Swiss banks agreed to negotiate a global settlement with Holocaust victims, promising to establish a compensation fund in the U.S. to make restitution to Holocaust... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland |
Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
Senate Upholds Clinton Administration’s Certification of Mexican Drug Policy |
On March 26, 1998, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 54 to 45, upheld the Clinton Administration’s decision to certify that the Mexican Government is “fully cooperating” with the U.S. in counterdrug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
Agreement Reached to Establish Commission to Resolve Insurance Claims of Holocaust Victims |
On April 8, 1998, at a meeting at New York State Insurance Superintendent’s office, four major European life insurance companies, state insurance regulators, and the representatives of two Jewish... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust |
Swiss Highest Appellate Court Approves Forfeiture of Marcos Assets |
On April 15, 1998, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Police Agency announced that the Swiss Court of Appeals affirmed the forfeiture of more than $500 million in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland, Philippines |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Cybercrimes, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft |
On March 24, 1998, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on “Cybercrime, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft.”...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Intellectual Property, Theft |
New Mexico Governor Demands Extradition of Murder Suspects from Cuba |
In the aftermath of the announcement by the Clinton Administration of moves to reduce some of the economic sanctions against Cuba, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico has renewed a request that the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Extradition, Murder |
Smuggler of Precious French Religious Relics Pleads Guilty |
On April 8, 1998, Sebastian Zegrean, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to one count of making false statements to Customs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, France |
Art and Cultural Property, Smuggle |
Panama Denies Haitian Extradition Request for Former Military Ruler |
On April 10, 1998, Panamanian Vice Foreign Minister Marcel Salamin announced that his Government denied a Haitian Government request to extradite former head of state Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras because... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Haiti, Panama |
Extradition, Murder |
AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation |
On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation |
Privy Council Grants Swiss Extradition Request for Financial Fugitive |
On April 2, 1998, the Privy Council in London, the supreme court for the Bahamas and other Caribbean jurisdictions, upheld the decision in 1996 of Magistrate Carolita Bethel that Werner Rey must be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition, Embezzlement |
Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? |
On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Conferences, Crimes |